Faith carved in olive wood: A Bethlehem family’s craft finds a market in NJ

From ancient olive groves in Bethlehem to a New Jersey mall, a Palestinian Christian family keeps a centuries-old faith and craft alive through hand-carved olive wood art.
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In Christ’s birthplace, olive wood artisans carry on a Holy Land tradition

BETHLEHEM, West Bank – Thirty years ago Bassem Giacaman, whose large extended family has lived in this town for generations, immigrated to New Zealand with his parents and siblings in search of a life ...
BBC

Wood carving of Christ

This section of wood carving was done by Italian POWs imprisoned by the British. Comments are closed for this object What's this? Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the ...
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Wood carving of Christ

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